The Harrogate Crime Festival starts today (20th July) in the UK. I’m not going to be there this year, I’m working away to finish the next Erika Foster book, but I thought I’d share this video interview from when I went to the festival in 2017. This was one of the most fun interviews I’ve…
Robert’s Diary

Fear the Silence is out now!
Hello, I hope all is great with you? I’m writing to let you know that my first stand-alone crime thriller Fear the Silence is now published! It’s available now as an ebook, paperback and hardback, and also to buy and stream as an audiobook. You can click here to get your copy. I hope you…

Where do you get your ideas from?
I get asked the question a lot – where do you get your ideas from? Right now, I’m inspired by where we live, right on the beach. I love being by the sea. It’s constantly changing every day, and the beach and the changing tides tell a story. Where we live in Spain, it’s gorgeous…

Cover reveal for ‘Fear The Silence’
Hello! I’ve been sitting on this news for quite some time, and I’m so excited to reveal the cover for my next book Fear The Silence which is my first stand-alone psychological crime thriller. It’s available to pre-order now! Fear The Silence takes place in London and on a mysterious Croatian island… You may have seen…

A new year and a new book!
Hello and Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful festive break. I’ve just moved to a new home in Spain, right on the beach. I love living in Slovakia but I have missed the sea so much, so it’s been wonderful to wake up every morning and walk on the sand – so…

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Thank you for all of the wonderful messages you have sent, you have helped to make 2022 very special, and it was wonderful to get out there and meet readers again! Your messages lift my spirits and spur me on to write. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a very…

Slunce, Seno a Bryndza
Hello, I hope everything is great with you. I can’t believe that it’s already November! ‘Devil’s Way’ the fourth Kate Marshall book, is now complete and will be published in the English language January 12th. I’m now working on my first ever stand-alone crime thriller, which will be released next summer and I’m very excited…

Kate Marshall is back in ‘Devil’s Way’
Hello! I just wanted to give you an update on what’s next. I’m thrilled to say that Kate and Tristan are back sleuthing in another twisty dark case! I’m excited to reveal the cover for Devil’s Way, which you can now pre-order here The book will be published in the English language on January 26th, in all formats,…

Watch the Fatal Witness publication day livestream
I did a livestream on Facebook for the publication of Fatal Witness where I answered reader’s questions and talked about the book and my writing. If you don’t have Facebook you can watch the video here – Rob x

How Erika Foster changed my life…
I’m very excited that Fatal Witness, the seventh Erika Foster book, is now published! Click here to get your copy (this is a universal location-based link, which will take you to your location with store options) It’s terrific to be back with a new Erika Foster novel for you all after a four-year break. I was…

One from the archives: My space-age Slovak spa day
This website started out in 2011 as a blog called ‘British Guy in Slovakia’. Back then I was still a struggling, unpublished writer and I wrote this blog to keep me sane and to document my new life in Slovakia. Last week, the final COVID restrictions were dropped in Slovakia, and we went for our…

Erika Foster returns in ‘Fatal Witness’
Hello from a very sunny but rather chilly Slovakia. I hope that you are getting some sunshine where you are? I am very excited to reveal the cover for the new Erika Foster crime thriller! After a four-year break, Erika Foster is back in Fatal Witness, which is available to pre-order here I spent the past winter…

A day in the life of… Darkness Falls publication day
The publication of Darkness Falls today has been awesome. I love publication day. It’s always nerve-wracking but very exciting to see one of my books go out into the world. This is the time for me, when a book finally feels real, and I can see what people think. Publication day often always starts for…

The second Kate Marshall book is published!
I’m thrilled to let you know that Kate Marshall returns in Shadow Sands and it’s out now! The moors are a perfect hiding place for a serial killer. And a chilling return to the past for nascent private investigator Kate Marshall in a pulse-racing thriller by the author of Nine Elms. Criminology academic Kate Marshall is on a scuba jaunt…

First book in new Kate Marshall Private Investigator series is published!
I’ve been tense and nervous for the past week, in anticipation of Nine Elms being published. It feels like there’s been such a long build-up to this book, and it seems like ages ago (three years to be exact) since I first had the idea for Kate Marshall, my new private detective. I’ve just finished…